Jason Lauritsen writes, “Work isn’t something we do, it’s who we are. You can’t get more personal than that. When it comes to our work, it is never ‘strictly business.’” Work is Personal, Act Accordingly.

John Sumser writes, “The fundamental question in Recruiting is not whether you have the best possible candidate, but when you should stop looking.” Recruiting Is Optimal Stopping.

HRIntelligencer 2.04 Highlights: The HR and Recruiting marketplace is awash in jargon about “AI.” This week’s articles are a breather. The tutorial section, with its bits about model robustness and expectation setting, are the gems.

Brandon’s insurance claim was filed, approved, and paid in 3 seconds. This is how AI-powered benefit claims will work in HR in the future. Read this week’s HRIntelligencer.

On Episode 136 Of HR Tech Weekly, Stacey Harris has an update on SuccessConnect, Ideal Raises $3M to Scale AI for Recruiting Platform, Gigster Lands $20 Million to Help Companies Hire On-Demand Software Teams, Oracle Needs One Critical Segment to Keep Growing, and Skype’s New ‘Interviews’ Feature Lets You Test Candidates Using a Real-Time Code Editor.

On HRExaminer Radio John speaks with veteran HR Tech analysts Stacey Harris and Bill Kutik. Listen in as they talk about some of the history and trends in HR Technology.

On Episode 29 of HRx Big Ideas Radio, John Sumser talks with Steve Boese about the upcoming HR Technology Conference. Steve is the Co-Chair of the HR Technology Conference and a Technology Editor at LRP Publications. Listen to Big Ideas Radio.

Rob May, the CEO of Talla, likens AI to construction workers using robotic exoskeletons, enabling them to lift hundreds of pounds with ease. AI is the cognitive equivalent of that, accelerating and amplifying the workforce, not making them more expendable.

In HRIntelligencer 1.04, John Sumser shares the Big Picture on algorithmic fallibility, HR’s view on Big Data, Lessons from the front lines of machine learning, 10 Common Natural Language Processing (NLP) Terms, The Strange Loop in Deep Learning, and the quote of the week.

On episode 126 of HR Tech Weekly: HRTech Investments from Textio, Entelo, and Talla, CareerBuilder sells most of its stock, ADP and FinancialForce, Microsoft and Accenture BlockChain ID’s, and Zenefits to pay $3.4 million in unpaid overtime.

John Sumser talks with Yvette Cameron. Yvette has over 30 years of experience in the HCM industry and is currently the SVP of Strategy & Corporate Development at SAP SuccessFactors. In previous HCM roles she worked at Gartner, SAP, Oracle, Saba, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards. Listen to Yvette Cameron on HRExaminer Radio - Executive Conversations.

In this week’s feature article, Mary Faulkner writes, “Once we accept that we are a peer to “the business” and have a voice in helping make the right decisions for OUR organization, we can start focusing on how to wield our real power and influence. If HR is so powerless, why do we get blamed for everything?

Will Staney is the founder of Proactive Talent Strategies and the former head of global talent acquisition at Twilio and Glassdoor. During his career as a recruiting leader, he developed a passion for building what he calls, “modern recruiting machines.” Listen to Will Staney on HRExaminer Radio - Executive Conversations.

On Episode 10 of HRx Big Ideas Radio, John Sumser talks about recruitment marketing scorecards with Chris Brablc, an industry expert in recruitment marketing and Director of Marketing at SmashFly Technologies. Learn more about Recruitment Marketing Scorecards.

“Let’s say you couldn’t remember the capital of Belgium. You could ask the computer what it is by saying ‘I want Paris, but subtract France and add Belgium.’ The computer would return Brussels. Now imagine you could do that with employees. What if you could say ‘I want someone like my best engineer, but with more experience in management?’” – Rob May, CEO Talla

Rob May writes, “HR and AI have both been hyped as strategic assets that will change the future of work, but the reality of these promises never seems to arrive. Over the next three to ten years that may finally change.” How AI Will Change HR by 2020 (and Beyond).

“Let’s say you couldn’t remember the capital of Belgium. You could ask the computer what it is by saying ‘I want Paris, but subtract France and add Belgium.’ The computer would return Brussels. Now imagine you could do that with employees. What if you could say ‘I want someone like my best engineer, but with more experience in management?’” – Rob May, CEO Talla

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